McVarish, Emily: A thousand several A Thousand Several describes the profusion and dispersion that result from cuts: the cut of a cellphone call into social space, the cut away from that space in the ensuing conversation, the cut that every edit of attention makes. A Thousand Several draws an analogy between the uncollectible crowd that peoples a wireless sidewalk and the interrupted point of view of a pain-averse individual, who cuts off reminders of loss only to find them scattered for future ambush by this severance. Hand-set, and printed letterpress. Text appears as an intermittent line and recurs in extracted bits that shuffle themselves back into the feed., 64p, Ed. of 45, num., sign., New York, 2010, Granary books Request of availabilitybacknext